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  1. Behind the scenes: Addgene’s new search engine and more

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    ...created a normalization mechanism to “collapse” variations and synonyms of the same term that appear in ...promoter “Syn”, that, when selected, will match variations present in the data such as synapsin, hsyn synapsin...synapsin, hSynap. Matching We capture multiple variations of the same information in our search indices...
  2. Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents

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    ... are created through enzymatic cleavage of the variable region (the antibody region that binds to the ...immunogenic version is needed.  Single-chain fragment variables (scFvs) are ~27kD engineered fusion proteins similar...instead of cleavage. They are comprised of the variable heavy and light chain regions, connected by a ...
  3. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    ...from countless rounds of optimization. Dozens of variants exist with unique cutting features and evolved...engineering endeavors. For more information on Cas9 variants, check out our blog post on choosing a Cas9 enzyme... detection tool for rare, often hard to detect variants such as single nucleotide polymorphisms. Fast...
  4. Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications

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    ...gene expression profiling, studying copy number variation, and molecular diagnostics.  Digital droplet PCR...concentration Gene expression profiling Copy number variations Quantify RNA levels Molecular Diagnostics NGS...of starting material AAV Titrations Allelic Variations Quantifying low abundance targets Monitoring ...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    ...genome. While ddPCR is superior in precision and variability, qPCR is the more widely used method due to the...Deng, D., Menezes, K., Londono, L., Arjona, K., Parianos, M., Truong, V., Rostonics, E., Hernandez, A.,...Packaging PlasmidParts of the AAV Transfer PlasmidAAV Variables That Matter AAV protocols on addgene.org  AAV ...
  6. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ..., scientists have utilized CRISPR-Cas9 protein variants, Cas13, and Cas12a, to develop simple, portable...targets in one reaction, Cas enzymes, such as variations of Cas13 and Cas12a, are combined with different...CRISPR Trans Reporter Cas12a (Cpf1) is a CRISPR Cas variant that can also cleave dsDNA similarly to Cas9 (Zetsche...
  7. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    ...Gram-positive bacteria (Kellenberger et al., 2013). Other variants of Spinach include Baby Spinach, a miniaturized...short non-coding RNAs (Autour et al., 2018). Three variants of Mango, coined Mango II, III, and IV, were then...high binding affinity to TO1-biotin. Two of these variants exhibit increased brightness compared to Mango...
  8. Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...This post was contributed by guest blogger Daria Shcherbakova, a faculty member at Albert Einstein College... experiment!   Thank you to our guest blogger! Daria Shcherbakova is a faculty member at Albert Einstein...optogenetic tools. Follow her recent research @daria_gift_shch.     References and resources References Shemetov...
  9. RNA Interference in Plant Biology: New Tools for an Old Favorite

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    ...approach are thought to be off-target effects and variable silencing efficiency. To address these shortcomings...screening method was limited in two substantial ways: variable silencing efficiency and labor-intensive processes...sufficient degree remain alive. This likely reduces variability in the RNAi output and trivializes downstream...
  10. Antibodies 101: Validation

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    ...and specificity. However, there are countless variables that impact an antibody’s affinity and specificity...very similar proteins. Additionally, they require variable expression of your target across samples - it ...it is hard to distinguish between specific, invariable expression and non-specific, background signal, ...
  11. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    ... sensitivity Sanger Sequencing Provided 20% (variable) Sequence-level data Low-throughput, inappropriate... Targeted Amplicon Sequencing Provided 0.01% (variable) Sequence-level data, extremely sensitive Do not...sequencing: a comparison of methodologies for KRAS variant detection." Biotechniques 53.3 (2012): 182-188....
  12. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...ensures that all screened plasmids contain a gene variant* and is amenable to both high and low throughput... recently developed a mitochondrially-targeted variant of PSmOrange, a photoswitchable fluorescent protein... Osaka University have developed two new color variants of their Nano-lantern technology, first developed...are designed to complement the original yellow variant, with all 3 having distinct emission spectra suitable...whereby photons emitted by a Renilla luciferase variant are used to excite a fused fluorescent protein,...
  13. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ... with the Gersbach lab plasmids, multiple Cas9 variants are available: wt humanized Cas9, D10A nickase...clone your own entry vectors containing other Cas9 variants to use with the MuLE system. Multiplexing from...Topic Page Get Advice on Choosing The Proper Cas9 Variant for Your Experiment Learn About Multiplexing with...
  14. CRISPR Plasmids - Parasites

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    ...disease in the world. Parasites such as Plasmodium (malaria), Toxoplasma (toxoplasmosis), Trypanosoma (African...
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